International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED)/ACTA Press

Citation:

p.185-190

Series/Report no.:

Proceedings of the 3rd IASTED Asian Conference on Power and Energy Systems (AsiaPES 2007)

Abstract:

This paper discusses a computer designed optical concentrator, which is providing efficient solar energy transfer to a Stirling Engine. The receiver can make line focusing onto the absorber of Stirling engine located at its truncated vertex. A prototype optical concentrator has been built and its functionality in a heliostat-Stirling system is demonstrated in University of Technology Malaysia. The computer-simulated characteristics of the receiver as well as the experimental data of its performance are included in this paper.